Detox Diet Fruit and Vegetable Cleanse - Easy Way to Lose 13 Pounds in 2 Weeks

Why do a detox diet?

Well for me it was a combination of several things. Maybe you can relate to a few of my reasons to give a detox cleanse a try.

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-I had gained some weight due to some stress eating and I wanted those pounds gone fast!

Detox Diet Fruit and Vegetable Cleanse - Easy Way to Lose 13 Pounds in 2 Weeks

-I was feeling lethargic rather than energetic in the morning. This could have been due to my stress eating at night and I wanted to stop that bad trend.

-I just felt more ache-y in my body. Hey, I know I am getting older but overall I just did not feel healthy and vibrant.

For the three reasons above I decided to embark on a detox diet cleanse and see if I could turn my low energy, "not feeling healthy," getting super pudgy body around. Sounds like a tall order right? I thought so too.

Now I realize that doing a detoxing or cleansing diet  for a few days will not turn around months or years of living a less than healthy lifestyle. What I hoped, however, was that it would help me "shock" my system back into submission and get me headed in a more healthy direction and of course I wanted to lose some pounds at the same time.

I decided to do a 14 day fruit and vegetable cleanse.

What I liked about it was that I could eat basically all that I cared to eat (so I would not be hungry) - the catch was that whatever I ate had be only fruits and vegetables. And the fruits and veggies had to be RAW - no cooking for 14 days.  That may sound drastic, but let me tell you it was not as hard as I thought it would be. I followed through with the entire 14 days and I was not hungry the entire time. I even came up with some pretty creative and tasty raw fruit and vegetable dishes that I still like to eat to this day.

What was my result after 14 days? 

I lost 13 pounds and that totally rocked! I felt a lot more energetic - probably because I cleansed out quite a bit of junk from my body's system. And overall my body just felt better.  I am a true believer when it comes to detox diets now. I think if you are doing the right one for you - you can't go wrong and the results are pretty cool.

Detox Diet Fruit and Vegetable Cleanse - Easy Way to Lose 13 Pounds in 2 Weeks

Detox diet that I followed - this is how I lost 13 pounds in 14 days
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Easy Natural Home Remedies to Cleanse Your Body

Your body is an amazing machine, a testament to evolution and nature, and in this day and age it needs to be taken care of. Everything we take into our bodies makes an impact. In these times of fast food, every soda or cup of coffee, every breath we take makes an impression and imprint on our bodies. Nowhere is this more evident than the liver.

The liver is one of the organs that helps purify our bodies, along with the kidneys and the intestines, so it is in our best interests to keep these organs working at maximum effectiveness. These organs working together are what keeps toxins from building up in our bodies. If they aren't functioning correctly; we're letting toxins build up in our bodies that lead to poor health.

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Here are some of the ways you can help keep your body free of toxins and these organs working at peak efficiency. Drink plenty of water. Water is used to help flush the system of toxins and harmful substances. Most of us don't intake half the amount of water we actually need. Eat fresh foods. The majority of food we eat is highly processed, or packed full of chemicals, and lacks the nutritional values of the less processed, fresh counterparts. Eating a healthy diet of nutrient packed fresh foods like vegetables and fresh fruits can go a long way to making your body healthy and strong.

Easy Natural Home Remedies to Cleanse Your Body

Everyone has parasites living in their bodies. Some are good and are suppose to be there, some are foreign and need to be removed in order to purge our body of toxins. Try natural elements to help rid yourself of these.

Here are some to try

Cloves: these get rid of parasite eggs

Pumpkin seeds: are great for killing off the parasite worms themselves

Garlic: we've all heard of the healthy benefits of garlic, it provides a natural anti-bacterial agent, and comes in odorless varieties.

Fiber: this important element keeps your intestines moving freely and prevents toxins from being reabsorbed.

Bitter tasting things: like grapefruit seeds and lemon, help to keep toxins from building up in the liver and are naturally anti-bacterial.

Finally, eat smaller meals.

We tend to be on the go, so eat large meals as little as possible, this actually puts a strain on our systems. Eating more frequently and smaller portions help us get the most out of our diet. Avoid processed tap water; it simply adds chemicals you're trying to get rid of. Eat raw foods and hearty grains rather than heavily processed and refined foods. Our bodies are naturally designed for rougher food sources and work better on a heartier diet.

Taking these steps will go a long way in helping you naturally cleanse your body of unwanted toxins and parasites and lead you to better health. You'll have more energy, feel good about yourself and know that you're working at your potential.

Easy Natural Home Remedies to Cleanse Your Body

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Gaetane Ross is a Certified Natural Health Consultant who has spent over 4 years focusing on Nutrition and Health. She also specializes in Alternative Medicine, Spiritual Healing and Healthy Lifestyle.

Ayurveda Cleanse - Green Smoothie Recipe

In Ayurveda, it's recommended to restore balance and harmony with a cleansing program at the change of seasons. But for most people that conjures up a whole slew of unpleasant thoughts and visuals.

Those are the old days!! And fortunately they are outdated when it comes to supporting your body with a total body cleanse. The days of fasting and starving are gone.

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With a good meal plan and seasonal approach to cleansing you can enjoy the process with tasty recipes like the one below.

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In Ayurveda, every one has their own unique and specific body type and constitution, called a 'dosha". Spring is kapha season, and this is the time that Kapha body types are most likely to go out of balance. So this recipe is perfect for this body type. But it is also good for just about any one that's trying to do a little 'spring cleansing"and get their body back in shape after the holidays and a long winter.

The greens and spirulina help to cleanse and purify the blood. The fresh ginger and fruit help to support the cleansing and healing of the digestive tract... and the celery supports the cleansing of the kidneys.

Total body cleansing is not just taking a few pills or powders to roto-root your colon. Those days are gone, they don't support your body. They leave you dehydrated and depleted. Ayurvedic medicine gives us the tools for a complete system, called Panch Karma.

Enjoy the recipe and learn more about Ayurveda, the complete and integrated system for health care.

Ayurvedic medicine offers a complete and integrated system of medicine that addresses all aspect of health and well-being: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. When one area is neglected the body/mind cannot complete heal.

Ayurvedic nutrition is a major focus in restoring the body to balance so that the body can then heal itself. When given the "raw" materials that it needs, the body is then in the best position to heal itself. Because we are all inundated by environmental toxins these days, it's important to remove these toxins regularly to support your health, vitality, and well-being.

Green Tingler Smoothie

2 fresh oranges, skin removed

1-2 stalks celery, to taste preference.

1 ripe pear

1 handful spinach, (or other leafy green you like)

1 ripe banana

1 tsp Spirulina powder

1/2 to 1 inch piece of fresh Ginger, (to taste, more for vata and kapha types).

water, to desired consistency

Blend all ingredients in the blender until smooth. You can play with the amounts until you find the perfect combination for your taste and body constitution. ENJOY!

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Fruit Smoothie Recipes - Cleanse Smart

If you are not a person who has been eating fruit on a regular basis, and by "regular" I mean the FDA recommended 5 servings a day, and then start to eat fruit, your body is going to react by detoxifying itself whether you planned it or not.

If you did plan it, good for you. Detoxifying yourself is a very good thing to do every now and then and fruits will help you do it naturally and safely. The last thing you want to do is start ingesting even more chemicals (like the type that are sold to "detox" your system). While these ads are models of marketing and hype they fail to pass the common sense test.

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After all, mother nature has been working on the human body for several hundreds of thousands of years and, up to now, has done a pretty good job of keeping us healthy by providing everything we need as long as we're smart enough to take advantage of it.

This is where fruits and vegetables come in. One thing that has changed dramatically over the last 100 or so years is our diet. No longer are we growing most of our own food, nor is the food we are eating necessarily the best for us. Where our great-great grandparents existed on a diet of very low fat along with a lot of whole grains and vegetables, we now eat more and more processed foods which have been put together from recipes designed to attract the greatest number of customers rather than the healthiest.

This is something of a paradox because, overall, the food we eat today is much healthier than what was around 150 years ago. We know much more about both sanitation and nutrition. The problem is that a hamburger and fries just taste so much better than fruits and vegetables!

By adding vegetables, and especially fruit, back into your diet, your body is going to go to work to rid itself of the fat and toxic waste products. The best fruits for the job are the more acidic ones such as red grapefruit and lemons. All citrus fruit is acidic to some degree and also tomatoes and pineapples.

I think the best way to begin a fruit detox program is to start in the morning because your body is still working through what you fed it the night before. Try to eat nothing but fruit until about noon.

Here is a fruit smoothie recipe that will get you started on the right track to a detox process:

• 1/2 cup grapefruit juice
• 12 cup strawberries (fresh is best, frozen is OK)
• 1 cup peach slices (again, fresh if you can)
• 1 tsp Mila refined chia seed

Blend in your smoothie blender until smooth. Use ice cubes if you need to thin it a bit. You can also add a tbsp of honey for natural sweetness.

Fruit Smoothie Recipes - Cleanse Smart

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